Right? If 1,200 people aren’t eligible for the promotion, then odds are they weren’t eligible in the first place. Let’s do the math, assuming 1,200 people are on level 1, and level 2 has 50-100 people, your odds of filling in one of those seats when one of those people is promoted to an even more difficult to reach promotion is very slim. Meanwhile, at their current level they don’t have to worry about gas, they could even sell their car if they live in an area with good bus routes, they don’t need to worry about commute times (which the company never pays you for anyway) and they get to be comfortable and alone.
@@10RexTheWolf01 so the middle managers can justify their role. no really, that's the only reason. offices LOVE WFH, sure they need to figure out VPN and a few more layers of security, but the energy savings in the building alone pay for itself
Used to say this in the military. "Fuck you mean, physical training isn't time at work? I wouldn't be doing it at 0530 if I wasn't gonna get fired otherwise.
Underrated bonus: you can throw your laundry in before you clock in and switch that shit at lunch. Got a 15 minute break? Throw those dishes into the dishwasher. Being able to complete mundane household tasks on your breaks makes your weekends that much more spectacular. Maximize those daytime hours 🎉
This right here! Or... Pick kids up at lunch, fold laundry, be there for when household maintenance arrives (well, electric, plumber, etc.). Just don't abuse the time. Plus, can be home to guide older kids, kerp pets calm, on and on...
I have a friend who's a massive stoner but a fucking genius with IT. His remote jobs he's smoking 24/7 and still dose a better job than his entire department combined (20 other people) 😂
My sister does medical billing, has for the last three decades. She took a small pay cut of $1 to work from home back in 2019, just before full swing pan. Not having to get gas and eating food at home was enough she had $200 more in her pocket every month. Working from home is always more worth it.
Lmao they weren't gonna promote them anyway. Office work is soooo outdated and unproductive. Dell just wants to use their leased office they're forced to pay 😭
Right? It's not a corporate ladder, the ladder is a lie, it's a pyramid. Less and less room the higher up you go, people get pushed off. Might as well stay home
That's exactly what it is. They are paying millions for empty buildings and unused equipment 😂 then a lot of companies used the pandemic as a reason to "refresh" offices for when people came back (the work could be done during business hours for cheaper with no one in the office) so they spent even MORE money to make them look nicer...and no one wanted to come back 😂 Speaking from experience here LOL
@@bland9876 hard to break a lease without paying a fee. Only gets more expensive when you are trying to break your lease on an office building. Easier on their budget to just keep the office until the lease ends.
Saying I wont be eligible for a promotion if I dont come back to the office is like saying I wont be eligible to be a millionaire if I stopped playing the lottery.
lol get a new job if it’s so miserable to sit there. The audacity to complain about a lunch break….this is nonsense. If the break wasn’t there you’d complain too.
Go have lunch Al fresco, take a walk, do some e yoga, read a book, do errands. I LOVE my unpaid lunch hour, which the employees actually take! I was a nurse before, and we rarely got to use the 1/2 hour lunch break, as we were so busy.
If I was forced to go into an office, I would literally prefer to paint the walls with my grey matter. I already don't wanna be alive, don't tempt me 😂
Yeah do you know the scene from two and a half men, where charlie drives alan to work for a few days , and asking after being stuck in traffic why do people from there drive all the way over here to work and the other way around and i´m like yeah he got a point, we could least need / use some of them over where they come from doing the exact same thing where they came from. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ej2fdx6GuZg.html
There's plenty of 100k jobs in tech. And plenty of higher paying jobs to be promoted. These folks are saying they value wfh over the extra $/responsibility.
@@ckleinhekseli think they meant there aren’t 100k promotions available i.e. statistically not everyone would have been promoted anyways. But yes as for $100k salary jobs- i agree, there are probably plenty of those in tech
Exactly same thinking here ... my wife was a hard-core "I prefer the office" after 3 years of wfh she refuses to go back ... the only cretins that want you at the office are the little managerial tyrants
The fact that you accurately took in the time it takes to get prepared for work physically, mentally, and commute times and then quantified it is something I respect. Thanks for that, it’s important to remember.
@@CRAM079so it's not an accurate depiction of your life. My parents both had hour+ commutes not including traffic, I have a 15min commute, doesn't make the post inaccurate.
It's not accurate for alot of people...and what does this man think, that people won't have to still wake up early to make themselves look presentable? 😂😂. They still have meetings and have to take to clients or bosses, they can't just flick on a zoom meeting in thier pyjamas with hair a mess. The literal only thing on hes list you wouldn't have to still do is the physical drive into work, that's it.
Your math is way off you dont get to add an extra hour on top of the commute. You choose how long it takes you to get ready to leave in the morning and most of that is things you likely would have done either way.
I've been working from home since 1992. The company I work for realized how much money they would save by not having an office years ago. It really is win-win. I think the push back is from the managers that are suddenly confronted by the fact that their job is more or less pointless.
It also saves the company money, If the company says you can only get promoted if your an in office employee and everyone stays remote then no promotion are ever given and the company pays out less in the long run, it's a win win. Win for the company, win for the employees.
Yeah that’s what you’d think but since the whole work from home thing boomed traffic is much worse and it’s all the time not just in the morning and late afternoon. Something is amiss here. I feel working at home has a much lower productivity rate since you can go out at say Tuesday at 10 am and the roads look like Saturday afternoon and there’s a big sale at the mall. We now never get a break from heavy traffic. Used to be dead on the roads when everyone worked at the offices.
THANK YOU!! so many people don't realize that going to work COSTS money. Work clothes, laundering those clothes, food to pack for lunch, etc. And of you're anything like me, in those two hours commuting, you're still thinking about work.
@@christawarrington3795 You’re so right! Going to work costs an upfront investment plus monthly expenses! A reliable vehicle and somewhere to live in relative proximity costs a lot of money and we never get reimbursed for any of it! I’m in the process of a major life reset. No more shelling out thousands for an employer who’s not worth it.
It’s funny hearing my manager get mad cause we are supposed to wear pure black shirts corporate authorized only 3 shirts for a full time employee (me one of them) I always pick up extra shifts or over time if someone calls out so I have to put a lot of stuff on hold mainly cause I live in apartment that has specific time we are allowed to do laundry till and she complains all the time I said give me more shirts until then i will wear my 3 I work in a kitchen/deli so they smell after a day, and after I will wear whatever I have explained numerous times that we have 2 washers 2 dryers shared between 52 other tenants I got 5 but im still not doing laundry every week they raised the prices now it’s 5 dollars per load of laundry and a black shirt in a grocery store we’re in sent outside to get shopping carts is stupid as hell when it’s 100 degrees
@@Roxashatred These employers have no clue how to treat their staff. They have zero respect. And same goes for apartments. Two washers and two dryers for 52 apartments is ridiculous. I’d just wash done laundry in your sink and hang dry. I do that sometimes.
I used to wonder why they were so rabid about getting them back.... Real estate & control. They can't intimidate workers into working more than they are contracted for & corporations have billions invested in office space & require bodies to ensure it's value!!!
I'm disabled and making about 10,000$ less a year than I did before I became disabled through SSDI. But I no longer have to pay for wear and tear on my car, I don't need to buy company approved uniforms in addition to my casual wear, no longer need to spend money on cosmetics to look "professional", etc, etc, etc... so basically I'm still about the same, financially, as I was before I became disabled, except now I have a roommate to help with the bills. Money's still tight and I don't get to just go on a cruise whenever I want or splurge on a whole new wardrobe, but I can afford to buy pizza a few times a month now.
That actually makes it better for the whole community. Less cars on the road. Less stressful and less pollution. Cars will last longer. Lees insurance and less possibility of having an accident. It’s a win win win win….💪
It’s even worse. Lottery tickets cost a minuscule fraction of the potential jackpot. Here we’re talking about a 37k ticket for a small chance to get _maybe_ a fourth of that from a promotion that may also come with extra responsibilities. And the 37k estimate is conservative, too, imo, since it doesn’t factor in expenses like eating out more often, wearing more makeup, and a work wardrobe, the loss of other opportunities due to burnout or time constraints, or the practical and physical/mental health-related cost of having less time and energy for self-care, self-development, and relationships with friends and family. And that’s without considering the possibility of an unhealthy work environment.
I get what you’re saying but it’s even worse. Someone I know who was a great employee working for a company over 20 years finally got the appropriate pay rate because of an audit. There is no lottery to be had. It’s in the contract you sign on day one. It’s not like how it used to be where loyalty and great work ethic is rewarded. Not even tenure is rewarded unless that company is under some sort of scrutiny/audit. 😕
My husband’s company tried this same thing. It’s because businesses get a tax break for their property providing jobs. If no one, or not enough people, works there they lose those breaks and the property becomes an asset with no debit offset. That means it’s wholly taxable assets. My husband was given a deal to come to the office for 1/2 a day, once a week to maintain it as an asset with tax breaks for employment purposes.
I’m not returning to my job after summer vacation. I discovered in May two weeks before our three month summer break that the payroll girl was changing my clock out time every day, shaving off three to ten minutes per day. When I brought it to their attention and informed them I had screenshots of my clock out times and what they were doing was illegal, they never did anything to rectify the situation. How stupid. I guess they don’t mind the Department of Labor breathing down their necks.
I had a job where we weren't allowed to take breaks. In the UK, by law you have to take a break of at least 20 minutes every 6 hours, but there is no obligation for your employer to pay you for that break. THIS FUCKING COMPANY decided that on our time sheet they would deduct 20 minutes pay for a break they ILLEGALLY wouldn't allow us to take. I started just adding 20 minutes to the end of each shift, eventually i got caught doing this, at which point i added an hour to one day once a week instead. Absolutely fuck off with that shit
@@alansach8437 Not a teacher. Former flight attendant driving school bus (reactivated my old CDL) while I was healing from two broken bones. Did a fantastic job for the company; parents and kids loved me (and I them!) and instead of being grateful, they secretly were shaving three to ten minutes a day off of my clock out times from my morning route. I started screen shotting my clock outs when I suspected something was up, and caught the payroll girl (new in that position) changing my clock out times. Complained to the Operations Manager (nice guy but very lazy) who never even got back to me about it (no shocker) and never addressed it. WOW! Employers cannot get decent people to work, let alone school bus driving jobs, and this is what they do to someone like me who is a professional and does a fantastic job!!?? Really foolish. But it’s fine, I won’t return to school bus driving and am moving on.
It's so much better having desk job workers work from home because it's so much less traffic for those of us physical laborers that HAVE to be physically present to do our jobs
It also somewhat affects our working conditions- Why come work in trades when you can do a WFH job for the same pay? So employers might try harder to make it worthwhile
Not to mention the cost of breakfast and lunch (harder to cook every day if you’re exhausted from commuting), the higher possibility of getting sick both from co-workers and if you take public transport, less time for the gym or hobbies or anything that’ll improve your mental health… yeah I’m staying home, thanks.
I work from home, and having a stove available whenever is super nice. I eat so many more meals that involve using a fork than I ever did when I commuted.
@@milton7763 Why would you choose work as your place for physical interaction? Besides, you can get more physical interaction if you spend less time commuting.
@@milton7763 Yeah right. We're living in the hellscape where you say the wrong thing in front of the wrong person you could lose your job in an instant. Back in the day one of the most common ways people would meet their spouse is from the workplace. Now I wouldn't dare talk to a co-worker in such a way. All it takes is a bad breakup or something and one person to make something up about you, and you could be on your way out. Not to mention potential power dynamics. Those people are your co-workers, not friends. I have my own set of friends that I hang out with who I met outside of work, but I don't cross the two. Having all my co-workers spread across the country in a remote job makes it so much easier to maintain this healthy separation that insulates you from any kind of trouble in-person interactions could create. Now, that I'm in a real job I don't risk the baggage that being friends with co-workers outside of work creates they way I did when I worked at McDonald's.
Because it costs money just to go into the office. Actually it costs a lot of money to go to the office. And time. Staying remote is almost like a promotion
Best thing I was ever able to do was work from home. An hour and 20 minutes to go 26 miles in Atlanta traffic was done away with. The cost of gas and maintenance on my vehicle plus “office approved “ clothing gone. I was going from building to building on opposite ends of the city on a daily basis. It was a nightmare that was outdated for the job I was doing. I would NEVER go back based on a “promotion “.
@@pluto8404 Plenty of people do, unfortunately. I almost met my end rushing down a dangerous road because I was needed on a Sunday. Car was totaled. I never speed to the job now.
I hate that my style has morphed into business casual all the time because I have to have office clothes. Recreational clothing is at the bottom of the list.
I kind-of have an issue with what this guy is saying. Census Bureau has the average commute at 26 minutes. Why is he estimating it at 1 hour? Also, he's estimating getting ready for work at 1-hour? Holy crap, I've not taken more than 20 minutes in the last 15 years. Also, are we to assume that the people not-commuting don't shower on their own? Are they on day 47 of the same stained wife beater and incrusted boxers?
@@matts1166 RE: how long it takes to get ready for work: How many times do you put your thumb through nylons while putting them on? How often do you give your wet hair a blowout in the AM? How long does it take you to apply makeup?
I got into an argument with my mother over this, starting my shift early every week because of mandatory flag ceremony. We have this in our country. My shift starts at 6am but management wants weekly flag ceremony to start 30 mins early. I shared my concerns on unpaid OT OR management should have flag ceremony at 6am as they can choose the time of the flag ceremony (not complaining at all that we even have a flag ceremony, I think its a good way to practice nationalism) and she was like “just do it for the company”. 😳😱 They just don’t get it.
So your love for your country deflates over time and needs to be pumped up every now and then uh? Like air in your vehicle? To whom are you trying to prove that you love your country?
@@exchangAscribe I live in York England... Cycling to work is great. When I have to drive it takes longer and I get no fresh air and my whole day is worse. I actually made career limiting choices to keep my commute down though.
@@stevecarter8810 Tell me you don't have to put on makeup/ do hair after a helmet and worry about sweating through sheer and colorful clothing (because you're an unapproachable B if you dress less than to impress) without telling me... I loved riding my bike to commute when I was a gymnastics coach, extra cardio to offset observing kiddos. But retail? Education? Those jobs frowned on how I looked, and didn't provide the space or resources for me to safely change.
I'll never understand regular people siding with a corporation that profits enough to pay CEOs 10s of millions a year. Saying the laborers earning that CEO millions are the lazy ones. Especially when the CEO is just eating out on the company dime every day and sending out a few illegible emails per year.
@@thomasforsha8239I’m far from lazy and my mental health has never been better. I no longer take depression meds and I’ve lost almost 90lbs. I would say that is a win for me but you are entitled to your opinion, let me gues… you are probably someone’s boss in corporate. 😂😂😂
It was so stressful having to wake up at 6, get ready, get in your car to beat traffic, sit at your cubical for 8 hours, then commute back home through traffic. The stress!!!, the gas payments...all terrible.
I’ve always said this!! People never take into account hours it take to get ready and commute. I was wondering why my 6-6 shift has me getting ready at 4:30 every time
Working UPS, the funniest and saddest thing to see is someone who realized a minute ago that all that hard work they did for a whole year-- extra work, taking up someone else's position, getting the boss gifts/food, ect-- and actually getting promoted on the management side is the same pay at best and a pay cut at worst. I legit had one kid just 'do the math face' and crumple when he realized he actually LOST money getting promoted, because he went from being a part timer with cheaper insurance to a full timer with the same coverage but nearly triple the price, all because they listed him as a manager instead of a supervisor. It's even wild when you stop to consider most businesses only ever offer $5 more an hour for most promotions. That's just $500 more a year, with a whole $100 going to taxes alone. That ain't worth nothing these days.
I asked for a raise recently and was turned down. My boss said you have to look at it like a business owner. I asked him what he does when his suppliers raise thier prices. He said if he's pays them anyway because he needs the stuff. I said, cool, I'm raising my price.
@@hodayfa000h You know what, he BEGGED me to stay so I did. He dangled a carrot and never intended to give it to me. I've got an interview next week. Just a little background. I'm a Design and Robotics engineer. My boss had me build him 2 vision guided robot systems for manufacturing purposes. He's a redneck and dosn't know the first thing about any of this stuff. The robots produce 6000-8000 peices per day which exceeds his expectation. Now he doesn't have enough work to keep them busy so he says he can't pay me what he promised. My hourly wage is extemely low because I was counting on the Robot commision. Now theres no robot commission. So no. He won't replace me. Our city only has 2000 people in it. We're 2 hours away from any sort of highway and I'm the only one around who's a big enough idiot to build vision guided robotics systems for $19 an hour. Oh and I'm going to tell every one in town how much of a liar he is. Benefits of living in a small town. He wanted robots because he couldn't keep any labor, now I know why that is. I'm sure that once I leave he'll go out of business.
I'm a senior director, my VPs told me to tell my people to come back to the office 5 days a week or they won't be promoted. I asked him if he was serious, yes he was, so I told him they will laugh in my face knowing that the previous year the people we gave promotions to received between 5 and 7% increase, that included their regular salary increase. So basically I told my people "by the way, management asked me to tell you guys that bla bla bla it's up to you I'm not going to force you". I said it and told my VP I did what he asked, no one cared and they went back to their jobs. RTO is a scam IMO.
I@@erikodinson9288It's true, lol! Even the few good ones pass the buck to people who are not under them. My manager told me his job is preventing stuff from running down our side of the hill.
Letting office workers work from home is a win win win win situation. 1.Workers prefer it 2. Studies show for most types of office work productivity is unchanged or increased by working from home. 3. If office workers worked from home office buildings could be converted to apartments which could alleviate housing shortage. 4. Rush hour would be much more manageable for the people that have to work on site. Construction, utilities, restraunts, factories etc 5. Kids get more parent time and parents see thier kid more. 6. No commute home means time to actually cook meals instead of grabbing food out. 7. Less car pollution, less gas being used, less consumption of non-renewable resources. 8. Allows rural Americans to compete with city dwellers. Jobs 2 hours outside cities pay way less so if there is no commute the range of applicants grows tremendously. 9. People can spread out and not be cramped in cities cause you no longer have to be within x miles from job.
So true. Its time that technology is used to benefit the working people and not to gouge them or threaten their job security. Technology is finally being used to give people more freedom in work-life balance, and companies like this can't stand it.
There is a tradeoff to that tho, there are industries that depend on the people going to work everyday. Restaurants, taxi and travel services, day care centers etc etc
@@regularity2556 yeah and there were industry that depended on whaling to stay in business... doesn't mean we should've kept lighting our homes with whale oil.... there's always more jobs created with new tech after the initial reduction in jobs.
I worked from home for 10 years. I don't anymore, but my commute is also not very long. It was not preferable to me. It made me want to get out of the house. Definitely didn't make me more productive. From what I saw it didn't make anyone more productive. I would prefer it to a really long commute though. I don't see why anyone would work where they had to commute 2hrs anyway though.
I mean, as a business owner, the lack of ability to directly supervise my employees in an age where people are complaining about going to work keeps me from doing this. At the end of the day, it's just a job to yall, easily replaced and not that big of a deal, but it's my entire life that I built with blood sweat and tears. You have a bunch of nobodies telling what to do with your creation and tell me you'll do whatever they say. Which is exactly why I'm working on an AI that will replace my employees. Don't want to come to work? That's fine, you are replaceable now. I pay you for your time, I expect to have what I paid for. It's not rocket science people... I swear this generation is so lazy smh
It’s funny that desk jockeys don’t see they were gifted if they didn’t have a huge pay cut for the privilege of working from home. And it takes longer to weed out useless workers when they are unseen. No wonder there is increased ANNOYING pressure to gather feedback.
1. Pretty sure its been shown working from home increased productivity for certain jobs. 2. Lets be honest many worked hard for promotions/raise that were never given let alone planned ever by managment. 3. You can work from home when sick provided nothing serious. 4. HR isnt having as many complaints or any involving being there in person cause no one is there. 5. Office supplies not being used meaning big save on stapels and paper for example. 6. More likely to be willing and able for overtime. 7. Saving on utilities like heating, electric etc because theres not much if any traffic. 8. Safer enviorment mental, sickness and physical wise. 9. Work station is able to fit the need and exact liking to many. 10. Conversations can be had without the fear of HR, nosy workers or managers. Strenghtening bonds and work together. Yea I dont see why anyone would want to come back to the office, then they have the guts to threaten peoples livelyhood shows just how idiotic and helpess managers are not to be able to abuse employees.
Also, Dell didnt say you would be guaranteed a promotion if you came back to the office. Just that you wouldn't be considered if you stayed home. Alot of people that went back to in-person work probably got nothing.
Dell didn’t guarantee a promotion to come in but they guaranteed not to get a promotion if they stay home. Once they cap out the pay for their position they won’t be getting raises either
@@jonduffy1232people don’t stay in jobs long term like they used to. Anyone fine with no promotion isn’t planning to be at dell for the rest of their life. They’ll jump ship if it’s better later on.
@@Tayuya129that's fine. Dell has zero intention of keeping them till retirement anyways. Big surprise companies ditching pensions and stop showing any loyalty has led to workers doing the same. Loyalty is supposed to be a two way street.
@@davidstansbury9309 I agree? Wasn’t arguing for company loyalty. I don’t think America will ever go back to the life long career as the same place as the norm again. Not until possibly the next financial model after capitalism comes about.
100% correct, the list goes on and on no road rage, saving earth from pollution and lowers traffic on the roads, lowers car accidents, speeding tickets, ect... working from home is better than having an electric car.
Thank you, it also lowers medical risks. Provides better arrangement and opportunity for the disabled or handicapped. Promotes better work-life balance for those with small and large families.
Road rage's my reason. The reason I had a drinking problem is because I had to drive 2 hours every day for no reason. The reason I gave you a drinking problem is because you made me drive 2 hours every day.
@@owa1985that's is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. No company made you do anything you choose to do that making you a p.o.s. I get road rage as bad as anyone and drive hours on end everyday. I don't show up at work drinking or high. That's like saying I murdered 100 people because they made me go to work with them. Gtfoh with your stupid logic to make you feel good about being a bad person.
I've always posed it this way. Every employee has times during the day they are 'unproductive'. Bathroom breaks, smoking breaks, chatting with co-workers, etc. The list goes on and on. So why the hell does it matter if those minutes or hours are spent at home getting a load of laundry done IF YOUR WORK IS STILL GETTING DONE AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL? It shouldn't, and thus 'return to work' policies are more about managers wanting to stand over your shoulder.
I was getting up at 3:30am to get the commuter van to work and getting back home about 5:30pm, sometime as late as 7pm if there were accidents. The commuter van was $275/month. When Covid hit they told us to work from home, then decided they didn't want to give all of us offices afterwards. I put that $275 on my car loan and paid the car off 6 months early. I now have more than $500 more per month and I get up for work at 6am, start work at 6:30 and I'm off at 3:30. Yeah this is better.
being fair, before ... traffic, gas prices, mechanics, tires, etc were fairly inexpensive and you werent expected to answer emails and phone calls once off work. You werent taxed on every movement or activity you did. I'm just surprised it didn't happen a while back during our last democrat led recession
Gen X with a hybrid schedule here. My in office days are for talking to colleagues in person. My remote days are for actually getting work done. Since I got the hybrid schedule, the only time I’ve had to work evenings and weekends has been in the couple of weeks around my major annual deadlines. Before, I rarely got work done in the office so I ended up working at home so much every week that my spouse felt neglected. I promised myself I would never let it get like that again. My job doesn’t care about my well-being, my spouse and family do care.
"If you don't come back to the office, you won't get promoted!" "Well, I was pretty sure I wouldn't get promoted anyway, but please do send that to me in writing (that no matter what my job performance is otherwise, this will leave me ineligible for a promotion). I'm sure the department of labor would love to hear more about that policy."
They didn't turn down promotions, they turned down eligibility for one. Very specific wording by the company so they won't have to ACTUALLY reward anything if they come back.
The people I have been forced to put up with... I can't explain the level of malicious insanity I have been put through. I have never had a job that didn't have a few nuclear toxic people. PLEASE LET ME WORK FROM HOME!
I've been working remotely for 2.5 years and love it. Lunch is readily available, I'm not buying office clothes for all seasons, winter commutes are over and most importantly our dog isn't alone 😊
@@PyrielQuinnyep your right here. The productivity is down and it’s mainly because people work from home. Most people don’t have to work ethic to stay on task without the someone there to make sure they do.
A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that remote working might not be as productive as once thought. Workers who were randomly assigned to work from home full time were 18% less productive than in-office employees, either taking longer to complete tasks or getting less done.
Was once offered a part time job making $10.50 /hr, the parking tolls were not covered, which would cost $4.00 a day. I could have done all the tasks from home. This wasn't 20 yrs ago either.
Wife and I calculated even just reducing commuting to the office down to 2 days week was like getting a decent raise. Unfortunately, the price increases due to energy costs due to green initiatives and inflation have more than overshadowed that increase.
I swear we are forever seen as 7-20 years old yet everything bad in the world is still somehow our fault, even though we have apparently still been high school aged kids for 20+ years now lol
Even pre-covid I never understood how people would pick any job that requires them 2-3 hours just to get there and back. The commute to my previous job was 10 minutes (on foot), and it's 15 (by car) for my current one. Anything beyond 30 minutes would be unacceptable to me. And yet, I would still not go back to office and rather quit if forced to.
I LOVE THIS! My partner and I have been talking about this for the past 15 years. The 40 min one way drive commute (Some people drive up to 4hrs a day for their job), the fact we are suppose to risk our lives on snow storm days, and just the shear amount of our lives on this planet spent dedicating to a job for free. I believe the corporations call this a negative profit margin? My time simply isn't worth what we are getting out of working.
I drive for sometimes almost 50 hours a week for my job and I've been fighting to get them to shift it to a work from home gig. They always say some non-sense about how that makes no sense for a truck driver. I don't get it, I feel like we could make something work with current tech. 🤣
I kind-of have an issue with what this guy is saying. Census Bureau has the average commute at 26 minutes. Why is he estimating it at 1 hour? Also, he's estimating getting ready for work at 1-hour? Holy crap, I've not taken more than 20 minutes in the last 15 years. Also, are we to assume that the people not-commuting don't shower on their own? Are they on day 47 of the same stained wife beater and incrusted boxers?
@@matts1166 havent looked at the data tbh but if the avarage is 26 min that will probably include all the 0-5 min commutes because you work from home/ truck driver / live above your shop dragging the avarage down and from experience for any non
@@matts1166 If I had to actually dress proper and shave in the morning it would add at least 25 minutes to my commute. The other bit is drive time is not the same as total travel time. If your TTT is 20 minutes that's ~maybe~ a 10 minute drive time. As these get larger they get closer, but your TTT includes getting to the car, getting stuff in, getting nav/music going, picking up coffee if it's not available at your job, parking and walking into the office. My job is a 15 minute bike ride away and a 10 minute drive. I get there quicker via bike.
I work and drive Semi trucks for UPS leave my house in maine to mass 6days a week then drive all the way to parsipanny NJ back to mass and finally back home to Maine no fun do it for the benefits and my family.
Even if they got a promotion, it still sucks because all that extra promotion money which is sucked up in taxes anyway. So big middle finger to these companies wanting us to come back absolutely not. I will keep the same pay and stay home. You would think the companies would rather us stay at home because it saves them money, on office space, electric bill, Internet, cleaning services, toiletries, etc.… It is a win-win for everyone to stay at home and work.
@@whaterfoo Yes, of course! Because jobs that you can qualify for are always right next door to your house in your very own neighborhood and not, say, 2 to 3 hours away by commute. And itf that does not work you can always just get rid of your mortgage, sell your home, and move to the next city!
My school did distance learning from September 2020 to March 2021. Our school day started at 9 and ended at 4. During that time, I was rolling out of bed at 8:30 and ready to go by 9. Now that we're back in person, I wake up at 6:30 every day to get ready and go to work. I miss the days of being remote.
So I will be an advocate for people to work from home if they want to. I also want to say that being able to say hello to a supervisor face to face or even ask their boss how their day is going is understated. I think if people can deal mentally being alone in their home, then good for them. Give people the choice to either WFH or not.
I just got a fully remote job with NO phone calls involved. It is the first time I've never had the "Sunday scaries". So much more at peace. No waking up an hour early, no morning rush hour commute, no sleeping in my car on lunch, and no commute back home. I feel *very* balanced being able to work and my mental health is improving from it ❤
Don’t let it take away your work-life balance! I’ve been mostly remote since COVID, and I work way more now than I used to because there is no distinction between work and home anymore. I wouldn’t trade what I have, but my mental health has suffered lately from all the work hours. The more you work, the more they expect. Just make sure to keep your balance, and enjoy it! We are so fortunate to have this privilege, but it can come at a cost if you aren’t careful.
Same I’ve been working fully remote with no phone calls etc for about four months now it’s the best thing ever, I save so much more money and time every month
I worked remotely in a salary position & the words “Sunday Scaries” just sent a shiver down my spine. Even when we were in the office, we were told we had to answer calls & use our laptops at home. I’m currently taking care of my mom, but I’ve made a promise to myself that I will only work a job I can log off at 5pm. No promotion or “opportunity” is worth running yourself into the ground.
- Convenience - Saving on gas - Extra time in bed - No travel equals no traffic - I get more work done as I don't have to listen or engage in unnecessary conversations - I get to spend more time with my wife during our breaks
We renovated our house just from the savings we made from travel expense. Travelling to London every day by train, parking the car at the station/bus ticket which never arrives on time. Saved a lot of money. My husband hates going to office coz he has to get up early, dress and travel an hour to get to the office. While at home, he works at his pace and more productive. Going to the office less work geys done.
